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Two teens arrested in connection with RMCIT burglaries

The first incident in Loveland occurred in mid-September, with another in mid-October

By Jessica Maher

Posted:
11/07/2012 06:06:12 PM MST

Editor's note: This is an update to an earlier Reporter-Herald story.

Two Loveland teens face felony charges after allegedly causing more than $25,000 in damage to the Rocky Mountain Center for Innovation and Technology in mid-September.

The juvenile males, who are both 16-years-old, also allegedly trespassed and damaged property at the Mariana Butte Prop Shop on Oct. 18. Loveland Police spokesman Sgt. Mike Halloran said that a day after that incident, a Loveland Police school resource officer recognized one of the suspects from the RMCIT video surveillance footage during an unrelated call.

Further investigation identified a second suspect. Halloran said that both teens were cooperative.

Between Sept. 16 and Sept. 18, two suspects twice entered RMCIT, 815 SW 14th St., causing a reported $25,286 in damage to the interior of the building.

"They basically went around and smashed everything that they could find," Halloran said.

The two drove an on-site cart around the former Agilent campus and damage included holes punched in walls, broken lights, smashed computer equipment and graffiti of vulgar drawings and profane language. An amount of alcohol was also stolen from the premises.

Detectives obtained and executed search warrants of the teens' residences and reportedly found clothing shown in surveillance footage from both RMCIT and the Mariana Butte Pro Shop.

According to police, the suspects trespassed on the golf course at 701 Clubhouse Drive sometime in the late night of Oct. 17 or early morning hours of Oct. 18. They allegedly crashed an all-terrain vehicle into a culvert at the golf course.

"There was video footage that showed the clothing that was picked up in the search warrants," Halloran said.

Damage at Mariana Butte was assessed at just more than $1,000. Criminal mischief at that location also included a dumpster that was rolled across part of the property and tires and trash thrown around the property.

Both teens face the same charges. For the RMCIT break-ins, they were each charged with two counts of burglary, a class 4 felony, one count of criminal mischief, a class 3 felony, and one count of theft.

For the Mariana Butte incident, the juveniles were each charged with one count of criminal attempt, a class 5 felony, and one count of criminal mischief, a class 4 felony.

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